Motor mechanism.



. C. WHITNEY.

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R MECHANISM.

Patented May 27, 1913,

SHEET 2` 3 SHEETSVY ATTORNEY (L WHlTNEY.

MGTOR MBGHANISM.

APPLIGATIQN FILED MAR. 27, i912.

Patented May 27, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEETS @LLL bwl ATTORNEY,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, OFNEWBURGH, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORV, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WHITNEY REFRIGERATION COMPANY, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

MOTOR MECHANISM.

1'0 (llt '1r/mm @It may conce/'21.:

Be ititnown that i, VILLIAM C. YVHrr- NEY. a citizen of the United States, residing at Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor Mechanisms, of which the following is specification. l This invention relates to motormechanisms and particularly to motor mechanisms operated by a moving service fluid and employed in impelling a refrigerant fluid in a refrigerating apparatus to the place or materials to be cooled.

According to this invention, instead of directly applying energy derived from the fiuid in the service system to impel the refrigerant, such energy is stored in a suitable storage means and then utilized to actuate the impelling means. In this way I am enabled toemploy from among th ose'refrigcrant fluids the cooling of which depends on compression followed by expansion some fiuid, such as ethyl chlorid, requiring a comparatively low expenditure of energy to compress it enough to produce appreciable transfer of its heat to some adjacent heat-absorbing medium, inasmuch as the energy stored comparatively quickly during what may he termed the working periods of the serv- 'ice tiuid will suffice, when expended in the relatively sparing manner sufficient for compressing a refrigerant fluid of substantially the character named, for the usually longer idle periods of the service fluid. In the adaptation herein shown `and described, a prime mover (serving as the energy storage means) movable back and forth and norof replenishing its energy. So far as I am aware the energy-storing feature of my invention is new.

Another novel feature of the invention is that whereby following the resetting or setting back of the prime mover, the operative infiuence of the service-fluid thereon is automatically cut out so that the prime mover will be free to actuate the compressor; in the preferred form of the invention de- Specifcation of Letters Patent.

Still another novel feature is that involving means, controlled by the prime mover,

for cutting out the influence of the servicefiuid to operate the prime `mover when the latter has been set back to a safe or other predetermined limit.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus; Fig. .2 shows the water motor in section and a part of the means for transmitting power from the motor to the prime mover in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line of Fig. 2 and showing on a somewhat larger scale certain parts of the power transmitting means; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the energy storage means, the compressor, and the means for transmitting power from the storage means to the compressor, this view also showing, partly in section, the means for controlling the storage means; Fig. 6 is a view showing the storage means partly in elevation and` partly in section on line y-y of Fig. l; Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line .a-z of Fig. 5, showing the compressor in end elevation, and Fig. 8 is a plan view, partly in section, of the compressor; and, Fig. 9 shows a part of the means for cutting out the iniuence of the service-fluid to operate the prime mover or storage means when the latter has been set back to a predetermined limit.

In the drawings a tubular condurtor for the service-fluid is represented by the pipe a, in which is preferably installed as a part of the conductor a cooling chamber Z1, c being an outlet. faucet for the pipe.

d is the compressor arranged to discharge into a pipe e which is extended through the cooling chamber b, being therein preferably coiled, as at f, and is made to include the coil '(7, the discharge end of the pipe entering the compressor at the inlet side thereof. The compressor operates in the well known way to compress the ethyl chlorid contained in the tubular system including the pipe e and the compressor, the heat of the fluid thus rendered sensible .being given off to the service-fluid contained in the cooling chamber b, thereupon entering the coil g to adapt the latter as a cooling medium for Patented May 27, 1913.

Application filed March 27, 1912. Serial No. 686,647.

a refrigerator or the like. A\t /i is a device, having a valved inlet means fi' wherehjiv the system ii'iclnding conductor e and corn pressor rZ may he charged with the, refrigerant fluid and includingf an adjnstalile needle valve le, forming with its seat /iim a re strictcd irif-itiire offering the resistance to the compressor required to produce the desired compression.

Any suitable type of compressor may be employed. In the drawings the compressor comprises a cylinder suitalolv7 mounted on a hase j.' a piston 7c having a piston rod Z; and. at the inlet side ot' the cylinder and leading' oppositely to the ends thereof, ports m having relativelyv outwardlyv seating spring-pre ed hall valves n andA` at the outlet side ot* the cylinder and leading from the ends thereof. ports o having inwardly seating spring-pressed hall valves p.

In a. hearing y forming a part. of the base j is journaled a shaft r carrying; at one end a wheel .sand at the. other-end a pinion t. A pitinan u pivotallv connects the piston rod l with a wrist pin o on the wheel s. The power to drive the piston of the compressor is transmitted through the parts t' lr, s and u and in order to conserve the energy eX- pended to so niuch as and no more than is necessary to i'noduce a predetermined degree ot compression the tollowing; means `employed: fr is a cylinder whoe interior (.:oininunicates` with the interior of the Stvtein comprisingr pipe, c and the compressor and which is preterahli7 affixed to the coinpi'e-zor rt. lts axis is parallel with the line nl' thrust ot the piston and it hasI a gland a: in its lircc cnil through which extends the rod ./,f ol' a pist/in the end of said rod heiug attached to the long' arto ol'V a hell crank lever l pvoled in an upstanding part Lt ot' the hase lo the short arin of the lever ifi attached one eiul ot a lnalce hand cXendine' partlf,Y around the wheel .S and having its other end attached to tlrc hase. The pis'- ion i5 noi'inallv pressed toward the inlet cud ot the cylinder o liv a spring' t whose initial 'resistance is equal to that pressure dcvclipcil in the compressor which is economi-- cally suflicient for the cuil in view and no more. `When the pressure within the cvliir der exceeds this li "il and overcomes thc iesif-taiice of the si i gg t the piston will he uiovcil and` through the pis-tin rod '/v/ and lever will naive the brake hand into frictional or braking relation to the. wheel s, retarding' the saine and its driving` means. Obviously, when the compressing action is thus checked cr retarded and the pressure in the cilinderl consequentl)Y fallsl spring will cause the liralfe-liand to relax its: grip on the wheel s.

ln a hearing T of the part -fl of the haai! .7' and in a hearing` S ot a stand Q is joui'naled a shaft l() to which is keyed a gear 1l having j l l i l l a drum 12. To this drum secured the inner end of a spring 13 coiled around the drum and having its other end attached to a web 14 which may connect. the hase j and the stand 9. On the shaft is also keyed a ratchet wheel 15, spaced from theitrce end of the drinn 1Q, and between the ratchet wheel and drinn a gear lt? is journalcd on said shaft, the saine havingl a4 pau'l 1T held engaged with the teeth ot' the ratchet whe-el by a spring 19. (2() is simpl)v a cylindrical shell secured to the web 14 and inclosnig tht spring 13.) 1t will he apparent that When the spring is wound hifroiatinry the gear 1l and the drinn in the direction of the arrow A shown in Fig. 5 and then released it will rotate the ratchet wheel in the direo tion ofthe arrow B in said tigjure, the power being transmitted from the ratchet wheel throughthe pawl and gear 1i? to the pinion t.

Q1 illustrates a waternnotor, the same comprising a cylinder f2 havingl an inlet port Q3, an exhaust port 2l, an oscillating valve provided with ports QG each of which alternately places one of two ports; 2T leadingr to opposite ends of the cylinder in communication with the inlet and exhaust ports and a reciprocating piston .28 having *he piston rod '29. The motor 21 is placed in the pipe ./1 in thr` usual manner S0 6 that the water passing' through said pipe flows into the motor through its inlet port '223 and, having performed work in moving the piston discharges from the motor, at the port 24. The valve 25 has its axial stein (not shown)A extended through a plate tl() covering the bore in which the valve oscillates and also through a gland 3L having' a disk-shaped enlargement 32 which aliords a broad tace for a :similar 'tace of the disk part of a lever l-l secured to the `tem of the valve and having' pivoted to its tree end a block 34, The hlock 3-1 `is penetrated liv :i rod pivoted to an arm 36 projecting laterally from the piston rod 29 and il carries spaced collars 3T which, as the rod is reciprocated from the piston rod, allernatel)Y engage and move block lll to oscillate the valve` ln a bearing 3S of the stand t) and in a hearingr forming` part of a stand 39 is `ionrnrled a shaft l() having a pinion 11 inesln in;A with the gear 1]. Revoluhle 0n the shaft 40 is a ratchet wheel l? and on opposite sides of the ratchet wheel are the levers 43 having spring-actuated pawls 41% enga@ in eT the ratchet wheel. The ends of the lever aro connected bv links l5 with the piston rod Q9 and the relation ot the parts is such that when the piston rod" isfreciprocated the ratchet. wheel is advanced by one pawl or the other on each thrust of the piston rod. (lne lever 43 nia.)7 be fulcrunied directly on the shaft 'il-(l and the other on a hub (not shown) connecting parts L12 and ilo. Rotating with the ratchet Wheell is a clutch member vl-i' coactive with a clutch l member 4T splined on said shaft, clutchl member 4T having a peripherally grooved i hub 478 receiving the pins 49 of the forked l end of a lever 50 which is fulcrumed in the l stand f). l

The stand 9 ineludeo a evlinder 51 which i communicatesl with the interior ot the con l duetor a and in which is arranged er piston 51.). supported against the prf-,saure in die conductor u by a bring Fifi Wlu-.b is mile-ti f between ioe pieton and fhe elosed end oi the cylinder around the piston rod b4; the g laer w piroted .io the 'Irre rnd of the! lever Sirf.

'lier pipe, u, ha; e bypass 55 emnuining :i faire im ha ig atiaehed thereto one end of *n.sii 1 inlriumed iu a sui'alile rd upon bj; a epring i normali); holdingr the valve Closed. i From die fear il. proieeis a stud (.30 eniiagefilir vlh a stu' rlieel fSl. wbieh is ioiirualed in a 'liet A proieeiug from fu;- i325 is a pitman baring-I one end ai'iaf'agu if: ihr lever Y, and the other end i reeeiiinif a iwi ll on the Har i wel iin.: fear wirr-el il peri'oiinf i @ii-:nie whiih eorre e which ila' Lpring i3 bias' in noun-d n, mi are roiahid the star sil-feel a ixalf reroinion. raining ihe laiter. iluwmgli the 'pil'mau and lever 3T. to open ilu" wilie and aliow the sem'iee-A Saler to Slow around indeed oi' through. and againel, i the, reaieianffiopposed by. the motor.

lperulion. Aeamning that the spring' 'l um been pui uinerieiif-i1 ubr the rotation o lie drumI ij and ti `l ille fauve( is uioeie'l. he or: 1ro of lie servire iiuid o'ili lie manu i iaiifii. the elutela (flow-iii open Fo 1hab :liai'r o will be fri-o lo riitate. unlmnu'wred in' the moor. in rent-owe lo the ei'ort oi' the Spring' .3 to inwind and thus rotate the pour lli lf2 and 13. In the rozair ol the iwiielaetnriieel l5 `Qeur-Wlieel 'All will. through o: be minted with il. ihrr roter; no i iioii o2' Ilay ;-:ir\vheel. being lrananiiired to ilwv il): .1. `r and e `nd causing elle reeiprog ration nl ihe piston of the eompresgor n. "l be dreired reliigerating Condition will thuS iw se. up in the coil g in tin;- well-l ;ii.own manner. ille refrigerant fluid being caused ln' ilze vompresf-or to travere the coil f and tlm# gire oli the heat thereof consequent upon its Compression 1.o the body of servire Amer eoniained in the elmmber lf. durf "ui.\ period. the eiiort of the prime miner i 1;' lili exeeedf nhat is uiiieieni for the y in hand the excess preseure in the I i'uniilar stem containing the refrigerant dui-l will operaia'. afi already deseribvd. to l, :irren or retard the. prime mover by Gaming l ille brake-band 5 lo be applied to the wheel 5 through the medium of the Cylinder w liiiwlv connecting the, motor with said "bring, The winding of the yQnringf will continue until the faueet being closed the Water motor Stops: in any event the Winding Will erase when the gear-Wheel U. has performed thaty number of revolutiom` Whichis required in order ro turn the Star-Wheel 61 ilu-mieli a lialtrevomtion, whereupon the wire 50 will oe opened m the manner alreadyw dewfribed` allowing the Water to HOW through the bypa s and Causing the motor 2l thus to be our, out.

Having thus {ull}V deseril'ied my invention,

wlmi I claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters Patent i.

i, ln a retrigeratingr apparatue. the rom- Y inaiii at a driven element. a eondueior Vfor the ser\'i ..luid and mechanism for eiillsing ille energy i'l-\'eloped by the movingV -:fervifce-tluiil to di" said (dement including moans for Florine' the energy developed by ille moving4 eerriee-iluid and means; Jfor transmitiug the Stored energyY 1o said element. Sulwiantially as deseribed.

L). lu a refrigerating apparntu. the com biual'ion of an energV-Sloring member movable imei; and forth and normally (tontraii 1.o more forward. a eonduetor for ille ser", fluid. aud meansoperated by the lnmnir :seiwf'iiefiuid tor wiring back Suid viui'gywioiing member from time to time,

' ure eontrolled power transmitting Clutch, i suimlaniially as deaeribed.

L [n a Veiliger-ating apparatus` the Combination of an e'i1ergysloijiiug member movabse hack and forth and normally1 constrained to move forward. a conductor for the service-fluid having means forirlternarely allimingy and eher-king the flow of the iuid tlierethroiufl` and means, operated by the mining serriiwluitl` for Setting back mid mier'.\+toriu;g member from time to lime. eaid mean; including a normalliY Closed :errrieeeiluid-preeeureopened power-transmitting rluli-h. sullani'ialiy as deseribed.

l, lis a refrigeratingj apparatus. the Cour binaiiou it an energy tering member movable and loi-th :uid normally (ronerained to more forward, means, including a Niue-(luid motor, for setting back said enrfrgwstoi'ingj member from time to time`r and means, haring a servieeluid-concrol inzet( lingT valve controlled by said member, for ('nnlucting' the @Nice-*fluid .fo the rnlm, snlt'nntinlly ns described.

ln :i ifefigciating apparatus, die CmnbinaLinn of :1 n cnfi'j' Mining member mmn able [mok und fmili and nm'nnilly con stizlinml to mow J"Or\,':iirfl, means;` u wi'vivwflniil niwi'oi'` for Setting vnvigy-Sl'niing incinbm' 'from linie svi'\'i(?el'lnil Conductor wntuiniiig ih@ motor and inning :i by-ppbis iu'onml ille lnl'er, und

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